Reviews
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(just a small selection!)
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RHEIN-ZEITUNG (Mainz)
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"Plowright aber ist ein Pianist, dem hochste
internationale Anerkennung gebuhrt."
"Plowright,
however, is a pianist who deserves the highest praise and international
recognition."
"Auch
Beethovens Sonate op.109.....zeugt von der ernsten aber unverkrampften
Noblesse Plowrights. Der britische Pianist spielt in der hochsten
Liga. Und doch wird sein Name nur in Fachkreisen als Geheimtipp
gehandelt."
"Beethoven’s
sonata op. 109 .....gives another testimony of the grave but unconstrained
nobility of Plowright’s art. This British pianist plays in the uppermost
league. And yet, only insiders and connoisseurs know his name and treat it
like a trade secret."
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WESERKURIER (Bremen)
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"Im restlos ausverkauften Sende-saal Radio Bremens beschloß der britische
Pianist Jonathan Plowright die diesjährige Serie „Auf schwarzen und weißen Tasten“.
Er gefiel durch nahezu makellose Technik und einen beherzten, substanzreichen Zu-
griff in kräftigen Farben und Kontrasten."
"The
British pianist Jonathan Plowright gave the final recital of this year’s
series “On black and white keys” in a completely sold-out Sendesaal.
He impressed with his flawless technical abilities and with his energetic yet sensitive touch which produces a rich spectrum of colors and
contrasts."
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GLASGOW HERALD
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"Whether he is
playing a tightly woven adaptation of a Bach Cantata or a sedate and
melancholy Paderewski Nocturne, Jonathon Plowright is an assured and
impressive pianist. His performance, to a crowded Academy Concert Hall,
was gripping, and from the opening bars of Walter Rummel's transcriptions
of two of Bach's Cantata's (203 and 127), Plowright had the audience
spellbound. This was in part owing to his exceedingly accomplished musical
technique; his command of the instrument appears so significant, allowing
him fully to exploit the almost idiosyncratic expressive potential of
Rummel's scores."
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IRISH TIMES
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"Plowright is a player of formidable ease and
accomplishment, fearless and consistent in his mastery of the knottiest
challenges."
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INTERNATIONAL
RECORD REVIEW
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"He
takes your breath away"
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NEW
YORK TIMES
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"In works that called for
an intimate approach, he was remarkable, building a
performance of quiet intensity that seemed to go directly to
the heart of the music"
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DAILY TELEGRAPH
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"After only a few moments
at his Purcell Room recital everyone will have been aware of
his quite exceptional technical and poetical qualities."
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BUSINESS TIMES, SINGAPORE
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"Plowright demonstrated a
keen and passionate sensitivity, which kept the audience
enthralled right to the very end"
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INTERNATIONAL PIANO
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"Jonathan
Plowright is on breathtaking form"
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FINANCIAL TIMES
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"One immediately heard
and saluted a genuine artistic 'voice', individual in stamp,
totally confident in utterance and possessed of real musical
breadth."
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BBC RADIO
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"there just has to be a
touch of the supernatural around Plowright's fingers - how
else does he hold us spellbound"
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MUSIC
& MUSICIANS
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"To
describe Jonathan Plowright's debut recital at the Purcell Room as
sensational is tempting but misleading; playing of such calibre, such
compelling musical vigour, delicacy and authority suggests something
above and beyond mere thrills."
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THE
TIMES
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"Plowright
is an exceptional artist with a fine career ahead of him"
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THE
SCOTSMAN
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Technically, his
accomplishment is remarkable, and musically he communicates
an absolute wholeness
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MUZYKA 21
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"In
Plowrights playing, the listener can find everything:
beauty, warmth of sound, extraordinary musicality,
sensitivity to the tiniest details, great technical
capabilities, and a flexibility of thought that allows him to choose various tone colours."
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BBC MUSIC
MAGAZINE
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"breathtaking virtuosity"
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GRAMOPHONE
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"His musicianship is
unfailing, his virtuoso command of the sort that clears every
hurdle with yards to spare"
"you are clearly in the presence of a
master pianist"
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